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Bipartisan Effort To Tackle Inversions Sen. Chuck Schumer's inversion plan attacks "earnings stripping." Bloomberg: "[Schumer] wants to curb a practice known as 'earnings stripping,' in which companies that engage in inversions load their U.S. operations with debt and...
JPMorgan Chase’s $13 Billion Shadow
There is one conclusion to be drawn from the settlement’s otherwise vague “statement”: bankers at JPMorgan Chase engaged in widespread fraud, and in all likelihood they will never pay for their crimes.
Solar Power Gets Hot, Hot, Hot
With so many homeowners and businesses making greener energy choices, private utilities see the writing on the wall. They're trying to coax lawmakers into rigging the rules against increasingly competitive new energy alternatives.
Obama And Dems Tout Improving Economy. Are They Right?
The economy is improving and the behind-the-scenes numbers that economists and business types pour over look better than they have looked in a long time. But the voters Democrats need just aren't feeling this.
Blink, And You'll Miss The Latest "Libertarian Moment"
The latest “Libertarian Moment” is upon us, and will expire once it runs headlong into its own inherent shortcomings and the reality of a populist majority. Blink, and you’ll miss it.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Dems Aim For Inversion Vote Senate Dems draft inversion plan. WSJ: "The proposal, detailed by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), would restrict the practice of earnings stripping, where U.S. companies borrow money from overseas parents and deduct the interest...
Happy Birthday, Social Security – But Stay Away From That Cake!
August 14 is Social Security’s birthday, which raises the question: what do you give the program that has everything? After all, Social Security enjoys massive public support. It’s the most efficient program of its kind in the country.
Regulators: Mega-Banks Still a Giant Threat
We hear a lot of big talk about how Dodd-Frank has made the financial system safer. It's supposed to protect us from another financial crisis like the one in 2008. But does anybody really believe it? The bank regulators sure don’t.
August 14: Time to Reinvigorate the Fight for the Four Freedoms
The 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II is just a year away. Let's truly honor the Greatest Generation. Let's redeem and renew the struggles for Freedom of Speech and Religion,and Freedom from Want and Fear.
Dems Should Campaign On Trade And Jobs, Not On Being Like Republicans
What's the old Republican saying? "When I vote for a Republican, I want the real thing. I accept no substitutes."
What's the old Democrat saying? "If I can't find a real Democrat to vote for I guess I'll just stay home."
